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A review by trinityb2021
The Serpent and the Wings of Night by Carissa Broadbent
4.5
4.5 ⭐️
This is such a crazy book but it is honestly so good. The Serpent and The Wings of Night doesn’t fall into the typical pitfalls of most other romantasy I’ve read. It keeps its worldbuilding simple and small. I don’t need 3 continents with wildly different politics that we only get to glimpse at. That makes everything feel shallow and unrealistic. This world is simple, there are Hiaj vampires and there are Rishan vampires and they hate each other. That is all the reader needs to know to get started. Sure there are other clans and humans play a small part in that as well but it keeps it basic. THIS IS NOT A BAD THING. Because we spend a lot of time on character development and fun badass fights, we don’t have time to develop the religion and politics of multiple small competing nations. We focus on the broadstrokes and fill in the details later. 🤌 perfect worldbuilding for this kind of novel 🤌
I also like that Raihn is at least slightly different than Rhys/Xaden/Rowan. Even if his name bareleigh qualifies as a name (I don’t think anyone will get that reference). He is a lot more charismatic and sweet. He gives more romcom vibes than broody MMC. Although he technically does have shadow daddy powers and I hate that. There are other powers out there authors. Also by the end I have mixed feelings BUT that is by design so I still kind of love it.
I really thought this book could only end in one of two ways. But I was WILDLY INCORRECT. The ending completely threw me for a loop but in a good way. It was forshadowed really well (with hindsight) and I think it was way more interesting than what the obvious options were. I am extremely impressed that Carissa Broadbent had the balls to pull this off.
I love vampires. I make no apologies for that.
This was just so fun to read. It was suspenseful, hot, surprising, and well written. What more can you ask for in a romantasy?
also PS is there a reason the Rishan have so much fallen angel symbolism? That had to be intentional.. . but what does that mean? I have some theories brewing
This is such a crazy book but it is honestly so good. The Serpent and The Wings of Night doesn’t fall into the typical pitfalls of most other romantasy I’ve read. It keeps its worldbuilding simple and small. I don’t need 3 continents with wildly different politics that we only get to glimpse at. That makes everything feel shallow and unrealistic. This world is simple, there are Hiaj vampires and there are Rishan vampires and they hate each other. That is all the reader needs to know to get started. Sure there are other clans and humans play a small part in that as well but it keeps it basic. THIS IS NOT A BAD THING. Because we spend a lot of time on character development and fun badass fights, we don’t have time to develop the religion and politics of multiple small competing nations. We focus on the broadstrokes and fill in the details later. 🤌 perfect worldbuilding for this kind of novel 🤌
I also like that Raihn is at least slightly different than Rhys/Xaden/Rowan. Even if his name bareleigh qualifies as a name (I don’t think anyone will get that reference). He is a lot more charismatic and sweet. He gives more romcom vibes than broody MMC. Although he technically does have shadow daddy powers and I hate that. There are other powers out there authors. Also by the end I have mixed feelings BUT that is by design so I still kind of love it.
I really thought this book could only end in one of two ways. But I was WILDLY INCORRECT. The ending completely threw me for a loop but in a good way. It was forshadowed really well (with hindsight) and I think it was way more interesting than what the obvious options were. I am extremely impressed that Carissa Broadbent had the balls to pull this off.
I love vampires. I make no apologies for that.
This was just so fun to read. It was suspenseful, hot, surprising, and well written. What more can you ask for in a romantasy?
also PS is there a reason the Rishan have so much fallen angel symbolism? That had to be intentional.. . but what does that mean? I have some theories brewing